Philanthropist and Nigeria’s billionaire Tony Elumelu has signified interest in acquiring a club in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) following discussions with the Minister of Sports Development Senator John Owan Enoh.
The Chairman of Heirs Holdings and United Bank for Africa
(UBA) hinted as much while responding
to a string of discussion concerning private ownership of clubs in
Nigeria .
Earlier on Tuesday, the X user, LawyerDayo, said: Can we get the President and Ministry of
Sport to weigh in on the big corporations in Nigeria to buy at least one league
club as part of CSR? Imagine Dangote buys Kano pillars, BUA buys Kwara United,
Elumelu acquires Rivers United, Geregu takes over 3SC. Imagine the competition?
Responding , the founder of The Tony Elumelu
Foundation, disclosed that he alongside
some other top personalities in the country , have been contacted by the
minister as they are currently evaluating the viability of acquisition in bid
to further develop the league as a form
of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
He responded to the user
saying ‘this s a nice idea’ with
accompanying thumbed up
emoji and added:
“ The Sports Minister, Senator John Enoh @OwanEnoh, is
already thinking along this line and has approached me and we are already evaluating viability.”
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